The Why Not Inn - Astwood Bank

The best restaurant in the area! We love the pub and the food is just incredible, every time!

Lovely small pub with large cozy marquee towards the rear. Food was lovely, great range of IPAs and Lager, and a lovely attentive staff. Couldn’t ask for more, unpretentious and great value food and drink.

Even though it was Christmas Eve and it was very busy the food was amazing and it came out quickly. Also the service was great, staff were very friendly and attentive :)

Food pretty mediocre we were quite disappointed. Won't rush back

A Christmas meal with friends, was a lovely evening. All the food, various starters, main and desserts were chosen and it was all excellent. Such a lovely pub and very friendly staff.

Excellent service and food. Relaxing environment to have a catch up with friends.

Was lovely evening it was our four year anniversary our first date was at why not so went back last night to celebrate. Food and service was amazing

Service was friendly but extremely slow. We cancelled our deserts as they had taken so long to come out.

Lovely tasty food, big portions and friendly, helpful staff. Would definitely recommend.

Unfortunately there was a Christmas party on the night we chose to go for a meal, so it was very noisy and service was extremely slow. Food, as always, was lovely, although portions seemed smaller than usual too.

I asked for pork loin on the menu and got a pork chop which was hard dry and overcooked, covered in some kind of crumb. Not the best I’ve ever had. Our friends said their meal was OK not outstanding. My husband enjoyed his gammon egg and chips!

Good food, good service, comfortable seating, will certainly be back.

This was our first visit to The Why Not Inn. Very relaxing, food amazing, service brilliant. Will definitely be returning.

The separate restaurant area was great. We went to Comedy night. However outside gazebo area was freezing cold; would not return for Comedy night.

Thoroughly enjoyed the food and the service was excellent What let our lunchtime experience down was where we were seated. I had requested a table for 4 in the dinning area. We were given a table in the bar area. The tub style seats were too low for the table and were very uncomfortable, our friends sat in the drafty bay window seats. There were people eating in the dinning area and several free tables, one of which could have been allocated to us.

Fabulous food and great service in a lovely setting in the bar

Easy to book online. Very helpful and pleasant staff. Lovely atmosphere. Food was 😋

I’m just going to say the whole experience was fantastic. Both the quality & flavour of the dishes was first rate.

Good food. Pleasant friendly staff. Nice Warm comfortable rooms. Clean. Enjoyable.

Lovely meal, served promptly by a very efficient attentive team

Really long wait for starters. We had the roast and roast potatoes were lumpy and tasteless, as was the Yorkshire pudding. Disappointing as it is a lovely venue. Pil pil prawns and chicken wings were delicious!

An early meal for 4 as we were going to the Palace Theatre. We all enjoyed the food which there was plenty of, so had a carry out with the Korean Chicken that wasn’t eaten.

The fish was overcooked and therefore dry. Not good value

Little problem with the chicken on the salad bring dry and tough..😖

Love the choice on the menu, we had the ploughman’s and the mixed grill both were very good and large portions. Only criticism would be it was to cold, not somewhere I would stay for another drink.

Lovely food, great atmosphere and friendly service. Will definitely go back.

Great venue, very hospitable staff and amazing food and drinks. 5 stars

Staff very friendly and helpful😁 Food fantastic!😋 Will definitely go back soon! 😊

Was celebrating my birthday with family, 7 of us. Unfortunately quiz night was on and we couldn't hear ourselves speak as the microphone was very loud. My risotto was like rice pudding. Would only visit again on Sunday when roast dinners are available. The whole party agreed with me.

Really good meal. Friendly service. Recommend. Will go again . Nice.

Lovely food, staff friendly and very good location. Good menu too.

Staff were excellent bit appeared very overworked. Only 2 of them on duty so waiting times were long especially for drinks.

The starter was lovely freshly made. The roast dinner was cold and re warmed from being made earlier. Definitely not freshly made the beef was inedible. Cold roast potatoes , cold Yorkshire's, cauliflower cheese that had no cheese it and was watery. So disappointing l, as we had heard good reviews. Very poor.

I booked a table for my Dad's birthday, food and service was fabulous, a good time had by all

Great food and friendly service in lovely surroundings. Thank you!

Not my thing , basic pub grub , chips under cooked ,enjoyed in the past , just will go for drinks in future

Food was good but thought the drinks were overpriced 11.80 for a glass of white wine when normally pay around £8 at most pubs

The staff were friendly and helpful. The food tasted amazing.

Delicious meal at the Why Not with great service from friendly staff.

Excellent quality, great service and value for money. Happy times.

My husband thought the sea bass was a bit small. Otherwise the food was good, my mushroom risotto was lovely.

We had a lovely Father's Day lunch at The Why Not Inn. It was very busy, as expected, and therefore the service was a little slow but this was more than made up for with the quality of the starters and roast lunches and the generous portions we were given. We will definitely be back again.

Food great once we got it , think our order was forgotten or not put through . Arrived 7pm got our meal at 8.30pm after asking where it was . Offered free pudding as compensation

First time visit. We will be back. Really nice food and in a lovely position with views that are wonderful

Food great but; We booked a table in the covered outdoor area but it had been booked out for a private event. We were asked about sauce which we then ordered but never came We have to prompt for coffees Otherwise great.

Great food Great price Fab service Really enjoyed it .

Friendly staff, lovely food and good service Only con was that the pub was a bit quiet so could have done with some music playing in the background

Excellent food! Staff lovely and nice evening Would definitely return

Fantastic fresh food and lovely atmosphere and friendly staff .

Friendly staff. Good service and great food. Will be returning